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Government records show that individuals from these tribal nations attended the U.S. Indian Industrial School at Genoa, Nebraska: Arapaho, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cree, Crow, Flathead, Kickapoo, Kootenai, Mohawk, Oglala Sioux, Omaha, Paiute, Pend d'Oreille, Piegan Blackfeet, Ponca, Potawatomi, Rosebud Sioux, Sac and Fox, Santee Sioux, Shawnee, Shoshone, Sisseton Sioux, Standing Rock Sioux, Winnebago, and Yankton Sioux.
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I do not like to go the Oglala Boarding school. I would like a change."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Graduation program for Genoa that lists speakers in order of their appearance as well as the students who were graduating.People
Lewis Hayes, Leonard LeClaire, Matthew Schmidt, George Ghostbear, Henry Herbert Sine, Jr., Moses Albert Hensley, Cleveland F. Allen, WIlbur J. Swallow, Robert Johnson Waseskuk, Gilbert M. Miller, Bennie W. Marshall, Lloyd Henry Meteth, Otto Burdick Revere, Walter Comes From War, Noah Martin Broken Leg, Marie Elizabeth Rivers, Irene Winnifred LaPointe, Angeline Laveyra Murray, Marie Yolande Leonard, Helen Elynore DuPris, Rose B. Swimmer, Virginia Canby, Julia M. Dillon, Lillian Veronica Decora, Verlie Jeraldine White, Sophia Madglene Romero, Violette Willhelemina Rivers, Ida Adeline Ten Fingers, H. E. Kramer, Dr. John Guy Fowlkes
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Leo C. Decker reports Leo and Mabel Peniska own 35 acres of land in good condition and that children work to help support the family.Tribe(s)
PoncaPeople
Leo Peniska, Mabel Peniska, Andrew, Leo, Clara, Irene, Vera, Lora, Larma, Paul, Mark, Elwood, Leo C. Decker
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Labor, Training, and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Roth has 160 acres of inherited land and has been "working for white men and farming for self" since he left school.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Roth Dixon
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Leaving Genoa, Discipline and PunishmentSummary
Document states Ellen's privileges were restricted after she returned from a week-long visit home.
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Labor, Training, and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Peter owns and cultivates 80 acres of land.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Peter Wells
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes James is still attending school in Thurston County, Nebraska.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
James Pappan
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Families, Labor, Training, and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form states Pearly keeps house, farms 80 acres of her own land, and has three children attending school in Pender, Nebraska.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Pearly Campbell Essex
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, Leaving GenoaSummary
Document describes relationship between multiple members of the Webster and Fremont families as well as general living situation.People
Julia, Morgan, Ida, Robert Smith, Theresa Lyndell, Emily Smith Hollowell Lovejoy, Jennie Solomon, Francis Grant, J. R. Asley Decatur, Grace G. Hallowell, Emily, Susan, Julia, Charley Fremont, Leona, Mrs. Emily Webster, Mrs. Webster, Mr. Webster, Sarah, Mary Pappan Mitchell, Mrs. Mitchel, Louis Webster, Mrs. Mitchell, Helen Fields, John Fremont, Emily Webster, Annie Webster, Sarah Webster, Annie Webster, Leona Webster, Rebecca Fremont, James Fremont, Norman Fremont, Hazel, May, Emily Fremont
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Labor, Training, and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Warren farms rented land, but also owns 200 acres of his own land.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Warren Davis
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Form for Newton contains very little information.Tribe(s)
Omaha
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Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Frank farms with his father, Howard Fox, and owns 440 acres of land.Tribe(s)
Omaha